Pub. 5 2021 Issue 2

Physicians and advanced practice professionals have over a year of clinical telemedicine experience under their belts but still have questions about the maze of legal, regulatory, and reimbursement requirements.

The Utah Early Hearing Detection & Intervention (EHDI) milestones are for every newborn to be screened and rescreened if necessary before 14 days of age.

Let’s be honest: there is little – if any – beauty about complaining. Few things can turn us off from another person faster than hearing them complain. Unless, of course, it is something you agree with, then complaining can become addicting.

Melanie Dance, MD, MPH, remembers March 15, 2019, differently than most of the nearly 3,900 other medical students and graduates who matched into family medicine that day.

An estimated 20% of patients presenting to physician offices with non-cancer pain symptoms or pain-related diagnoses (including acute and chronic pain) receive an opioid prescription.

Jeff Chappell, M.D., is the Medical Director of the Wayne Community Health Center, a federally qualified health center located in Bicknell, Utah, the most remote health care delivery site in our state.

My name is Alyssa Lolofie. I’m a Samoan American medical student at the University of Utah. I grew up in Murray/Holladay with my parents and my sister, Kali. As a child and teen, I danced hula, which I appreciate now because I learned about and stayed connected with my culture.

I grew up in low socio-economic and culturally diverse neighborhoods where English was spoken only by young children. I lived with my aunt in southern California for a few years as a baby until my mom could take me back to northern California, where I was born.

I grew up in rural Worland, Wyoming, the oldest of seven children. My wife and I met at the University of Wyoming and now have five children ranging in age from two to 16. Although most of my free time is spent engaging with my family and their interests, my personal interests include reading, playing the piano, and getting outdoors whenever possible.

The annual UAFP member dinner and meeting was held on September 17, 2021.